If dial colours were characters in a grand horological drama, black would be the brooding hero, blue the charming favourite, and silver the dependable best friend—leaving salmon as the mysterious, effortlessly stylish newcomer who waltzes in late and steals the entire storyline. Once a niche shade reserved for vintage purists and boutique independents, salmon has staged a comeback so triumphant it deserves its own fanfare. Warm without being flashy, elegant without trying, and irresistibly photogenic, it has become the colour collectors can’t stop chasing. From haute complications to sleek modern dress watches, this rosy-gold glow has quietly rewritten the rulebook on luxury timekeeping. And now, riding the wave of its cult-level popularity, Outlook Luxe presents its Top 5 Salmon Dial Watches—a curated lineup celebrating the hue that’s taken the watch world by storm.
H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Perpetual Calendar Concept Smoked Salmon
This 42.3mm stainless steel watch has sunray-brushed, polished surfaces, and the smoked salmon fumé concept dial has vertical brushed finish. The calendar functions are ingeniously and surreptitiously displayed – save the presence of the big date at 4 o’clock. Aligned with the crown, the big date window has two superimposed discs and a Flash Calendar instantaneous date-change mechanism. This means that the date changes in a flash at midnight and can be adjusted backwards or forwards at any other time of the day. The months are indicated with a small red and white hand positioned on the same axis as the hour, minute and central seconds hands. The fourth hand on the dial at 10 o’clock corresponds to the power reserve indicator. Since the gauge corresponding to the hand has been removed, estimating how much juice is left in the powerful 168-hour tank will be a little trickier. Avoiding calendar displays that are not vital to daily pursuits, the leap year cycle is on the movement. Although there are no indices to mark the hours or tracks to capture the minutes and seconds, the hour and minute hands are highlighted with luminous Globolight inserts. Powering the watch is HMC 812 with an in-house hairspring, the double barrel provides a 7-day power reserve.
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Moritz Grossmann Power Reserve Salmon
The 41mm timepiece comes housed in a three-part stainless steel case with a filigree bezel and integrated lugs. The salmon-coloured dial has blue Arabic numerals, a small seconds subdial at 6 o’clock, and a linear power reserve indicator in a white and blue combination, situated right below 12 o’clock. When the movement is fully wound, the indicator is coloured white; when the power reserve falls, the blue part of the bar increases. The crown at 3 o’clock winds the watch and sets the time; at 4 o’clock, there’s a stainless steel pusher for disabling the hand setting mode and starting the movement. When the wearer sets the time by pulling out the crown, the watch stops; when the correct time is adjusted, there’s no need to push the crown back. The pusher restarts the movement, and the crown returns to the winding mode. Powering the Moritz Grossmann salmon dial watch is the in-house manual winding, automatic, Calibre 100.2, which is regulated in five positions offering a 42-hour power reserve.
Czapek Antarctique Desert Rose
This model has a 40.5mm stainless steel case, lugs, and a crown at 3 o’clock. Differentiating this model is the sandblasted salmon dial with an Oriental 12 o’clock. The model gets rhodium-plated steel hour markers with luminescent coating, along with hour, minute hands. There is also a steel second hand with a red tip. At 6 o’clock is a date window with Indian numerals. Powering the watch is a self-winding calibre SXH5 with a 60-hour power reserve. The sapphire skeleton caseback showcases a micro rotor, a recycled platinum mass.
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Tudor Royal
The new Royal — available in 28mm, 34mm, 38mm and 41mm — comes housed in stainless steel or stainless steel and yellow gold cases. The dial options range from black, silver and salmon to chocolate-brown, champagne and blue, with or without diamonds. The dial gets applied Roman numerals, a date window at 3 o’clock, and for just the 41mm piece: a day of the week window at 12 o’clock. The baton-shaped hands come with Grade A Swiss Super-LumiNova® luminescent material. Powering the watch is a self-winding mechanical calibre T201 with a 38-hour power reserve.
Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Retrograde Day-Date
With its original combination of retrograde complications evoking the iconoclastic displays of the 1920s and 1930s, the new 42.5mm Patrimony retrograde day-date in 950 platinum has a salmon-toned dial perpetuates a refined style. There is a salmon-toned dial with sunburst satin-finishing, convex external zone with circular “pearl” minute-track composed by 48 polished 18K gold pearls. A Retrogarde hand-type day at 6 o’clock, and date at 12 o’clock with 18K gold bi-faceted baton-type hour/minute hands, blued steel day/date hands, and 18K gold applied hour-markers. Powering the watch i calibre 2460 R31R7/3 with a 40-hour power reserve.
